Many different kinds of chemotherapy or chemo drugs are used to treat cancer – either alone or in combination with other drugs or treatments. These drugs are very different in their chemical composition (what they are made of), how they are prescribed and given, how useful they are in treating certain types of cancer, and the side effects they might have.
It’s important to know that not all medicines and drugs to treat cancer work the same way. Other drugs to treat cancer work differently, such as targeted therapy, hormone therapy, and immunotherapy.
Examples of alkylating agents include:
- Altretamine
- Bendamustine
- Busulfan
- Carboplatin
- Carmustine
- Chlorambucil
- Cisplatin
- Cyclophosphamide
- Dacarbazine
- Ifosfamide
- Lomustine
- Mechlorethamine
- Melphalan
- Oxaliplatin
- Temozolomide
- Thiotepa
- Trabectedin
- Examples of nitrosoureas include:
-
- Carmustine
- Lomustine
- Streptozocin
- Examples of antimetabolites include:
- Azacitidine
- 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)
- 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP)
- Capecitabine (Xeloda)
- Cladribine
- Clofarabine
- Cytarabine (Ara-C)
- Decitabine
- Floxuridine
- Fludarabine
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar)
- Hydroxyurea
- Methotrexate
- Nelarabine
- Pemetrexed (Alimta)
- Pentostatin
- Pralatrexate
- Thioguanine
- Trifluridine/tipiracil combination
- Examples of anthracyclines include:
- Daunorubicin
- Doxorubicin (Adriamycin)
- Doxorubicin liposomal
- Epirubicin
- Idarubicin
- Valrubicin
- Anti-tumor antibiotics that are not anthracyclines include:
- Bleomycin
- Dactinomycin
- Mitomycin-C
- Mitoxantrone (also acts as a topoisomerase II inhibitor, see below)
- opoisomerase I inhibitors (also called camptothecins) include:
- Irinotecan
- Irinotecan liposomal
- Topotecan
- Topoisomerase II inhibitors (also called epipodophyllotoxins) include:
- Etoposide (VP-16)
- Mitoxantrone
Read More : Anti Cancer Medicines
Our Website : Jyoti Life Car
